Unsold Slaves Returned as Heroes

13. Visit from the Academy President

“Your achievement report has been completed. I will escort you all the way home, Lord.”

“Thank you for your hard work. Let’s go.”

As the sun was setting quietly over the crown of my head, Winston and I rode the horse back to the mansion.

It runs along the outskirts of the city center, where two-story brick houses are lined up. Then there is a timidly dug side road, not the road leading to another city.

As I enjoy the smell of trees and follow the deserted single road, I see my mansion in the distance, which doesn’t show much presence.

The only family members are Riella and Winston, and this size is sufficient. Since the county was nearby, it was also noticeable that they built a larger mansion.

Can we say that the purpose of a leisurely life has been achieved?

But when I lived my life, people’s greed was like that. If you can achieve one, you suffer from another thirst, and the things you can’t fill keep bothering your eyes.

In my case, it was a nameplate job after all.

I arrived at the front gate of the mansion that blocked the garden, but it was somewhat noisy.

There were a lot of people. Most of them seemed to be commoners of the county, but there were also about five guards in armor.

“When is the slave trader coming? Isn’t he hiding in the mansion and lying?”

“Our head of household is not a person who carelessly lies. And be respectful when dealing with nobles.”

Riella stood firm in front of the main gate and was arguing with . I leisurely approached the group of them.

“What is it?”

“Ah, the head of the household!”

A relief came over Riella’s face when she saw me. Even though she looked determined, it seemed that she had been guarding her mansion with tension for a long time.

“You just showed up, slave trader baron. I am Harold, captain of the guards directly under Count Caldwell.”

The captain of the guard showed his pride and pointed his thumb at his name tag.

“You know better than I do why I am here. Recently, kidnapping cases have occurred in the city along with the illegal slave trade.”

“So?”

“So what is that! Don’t ignore the subject of slave traders. It must have been related somehow, so I came here… “

“Before that.”

I cut off the captain of the guard.

“The captain of the guard, four guards, and about ten other county commoners. You are now invading the Fidia family’s territory without my permission.”

“What? What is the false baron’s estate? Don’t turn around….”

“This mansion site and the land within a radius of 500 meters are not Countries. This is the land I leased for 100 years after I signed a contract with the emperor of the Empire and paid the price. According to imperial law, a baron who has sold a property cannot own a territory, but he can exercise authority over the territory. It’s natural. I am a noble.”

“What, what are you talking about….”

“This means that the judge will recognize the legitimacy even if I cut off your black throat, from which the soup flows, under the pretext of illegal trespassing. Get out of my front door now, whether you understand it or not. You rude guys.”

The guard captain gnashed his teeth and opened his eyes wide.

“Don’t be pretentious! I am the head of the count’s guard! Do you think the count will let you into the county’s territory after doing such a thing?!”

I answered calmly.

“What do you care about? Guard Captain. He’s not in this world anyway, so I won’t be able to see what happened.”

“Ugh… !”

The captain of the guard instinctively took a step back. I looked around at everyone gathered here.

“Everyone here is the same. See the wooden fence on the other side of the road? Get out of there right now. For now, I will forgive you with a generous apology.”

“Apologetic? It’s not even funny….”

“Are you guys misunderstanding something?”

I glared at them with fierce eyes. A few flinched.

“I am an aristocrat and you are commoners. It is natural common sense to show respect from the moment you meet. Don’t you still feel that I am being quite merciful?”

At my words, everyone in the room became dumb.

There is no way I have anything to refute.

Whether it was bought with money or with slave traders written above their heads, the fact that there is a difference in status between me and them is clear.

The three-letter surname on the name tag tells the truth.

If there’s one thing I’ve realized while working as a merchant for a long time, it’s that I always have to be ‘A’ when making transactions.

The problem always arises from B. It is always good to suffer losses and suffer mental pain.

A deal is just a deal. I don’t have to be in that position.

“Okay, I got it.”

In the end, the captain of the guard lowered his tail. He approached Liella, who was still guarding the front door.

“You are suffering too, working for such a bloodless master.”

“I am not a slave. The head of household hates that title. Withdraw.”

“Don’t do that, just like I said, get married to me. Are you the head of the count’s guard? I will guarantee you a comfortable life.”

“Get out of here before you see anything worse.”

“Ankal Keeper. I like it more.”

The captain of the guard gave a sly smile and twisted his body to move. They retreated beyond the fence I suggested.

I looked down at them from within the fence, still on my horse, from my estate. Winston was still next to me, waiting for orders.

I asked them.

“Are you ready to apologize?”

“Wait, baron. If you’re a criminal, of course we don’t have to. A serious case of kidnapping the citizens of our city and selling them as slaves. And you are the only slave trader in this city.”

“It’s a simple logic that even pigeons will cry.”

“These people are rescued victims or victims’ families. I will testify that you are the culprit!”

“Um, over there….”

The citizens brought by the chief of the guard hesitated.

“What?”

“I saw the slave trader, but I don’t think he was him. There was no last name on the merchant’s name tag.”

“… What?”

“I also look different in body shape….”

“That can’t be! An incident also occurred today. And you all saw him come back!”

“Today, I received a request from the guild and went to subdue monsters.”

“What kind of monster is San-nim! It would be nice if the goblin didn’t stab you in the ass!”

“Winston.”

“Yes.”

Winston showed the report of the request completed today to the guard captain. As he read it, his expression turned pale.

“Very, Captain.”

“I don’t think it’s real….”

Thump! The captain of the guard stamped his foot.

“There is no evidence that he did this! Two B-class quests? Does that make sense?”

“Where is the adventurer who gives the request settlement statement to others? It’s all performance….”

“Then you must be an accomplice!”

“Captain of the guard.”

I called him quietly. He looked up at me with an angry face.

“To apologize, you just need to get down on your knees, sincerely repent of your actions and reasons, and then bow your head. Oh, did you know? Since the level was so low, I thought you wouldn’t have basic common sense, so I kindly informed you.”

“Damn it!”

The guard captain’s face flushed red. He groaned and clenched his fists tightly.

“Don’t be ridiculous! You can’t do clowning like that! What will happen if you don’t? No matter how noble you are, would you cut your throat right here? We are serving the Count!”

As expected, it came out as a red team. He had some expectations.

Dagdak, dagdak—

Now, as I was thinking about what to do with it, I heard the sound of horses hooves from afar.

The sound got louder and louder. Something was coming this way.

“What is it?”

The guards also looked that way.

A luxurious large carriage. It is pulled by three powerful horses. Beside him, ten soldiers in heavy armor were escorting the wagon.

The flag flutters. I immediately recognized what that sentence was.

This is a sentence that I have seen many times on the wiki.

No matter how long I’ve seen it, I couldn’t forget it.

“Huh? Where did you come from? Hey, did you get a report?”

“No, I didn’t.”

“This guy and that guy know the guards as f*cks… ! Stop, stop! Identify yourself!”

The guards came forward and tried to stop his carriage.

However, when the soldiers escorting the wagon saw the movement of the guards, instead of stopping, they began to charge more menacingly.

“Ahhhhh?!”

The long lances held by the soldiers on horseback struck the guards in an instant and knocked them aside.

Wooddeuk! The sound of their ribs breaking could be heard in my ears.

“Oh!”

“Crazy bastards! Can’t you see my name tag?! How dare you beat the captain of the guard in the county?!”

The soldiers did not listen to the guards and put them away like luggage. It was just a feeling that the carriage was blocked and attacked.

Citizens who saw the scene also moved to both sides in confusion. The crowd split like the Red Sea, and a carriage came in between them.

“Wah, whoa!”

The coachman stopped the carriage exactly in front of me. Soon the door opened, and a middle-aged man in a golden vest with a white robe flowing down walked out of it.

All the soldiers line up and focus on escorting him.

“Ugh! No, I see you are a high-ranking person… ! Noble Nari! I am the captain of the count’s guard! I just got injured in an accident! If you don’t take care of it right away, you will surely be in big trouble….”

“Shut up!”

One of the soldiers shouted loudly and crushed the captain of the guard with his spirit. He grabbed the captain of the guard by the collar, banging his forehead and growling.

“Your life is at stake now thanks to this person’s order to ensure that there are no casualties, so thank you, commoner.”

The terrified guard captain asked.

“Oh, no. What kind of person are you….”

“If you have eyes, look closely.”

The captain of the guard slowly glanced sideways.

“Hee, hee!”

He stunned, breaking out in a cold sweat, as if he had just seen the middle-aged name tag, and immediately slammed his forehead on the ground.

I also checked the man’s name tag.

Five small blue stars are shining in the upper left corner of the nameplate.

There is a job that only one person can have in this world.

There is only one emperor, king or pope on the continent.

And the job of being the president of the academy, not the principal.

This is also a job for only one person.

The reason is simple. Because he is the president of the hero academy, the only goddess in the continent, which is the main background of the original work.

The patterns engraved on his wagon and flag point to the continent’s only academy of warriors, ‘Caesus Academy’.

“Looking at that name tag, you’ve come to the right place! Nice to meet you, the ‘legendary teacher’ of the warriors.”

He asked for a handshake with a hearty smile.